RE: [Lucene.Net] Official stance on API changes between major versions

2012-03-03 Thread Alex Thompson
--- From: Prescott Nasser [mailto:geobmx...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 10:03 PM To: lucene-net-dev@lucene.apache.org Subject: RE: [Lucene.Net] Official stance on API changes between major versions Andy, I appreciate your coppers. Everyone is really quiet, It seems you want us to move f

RE: [Lucene.Net] Official stance on API changes between major versions

2012-03-01 Thread Prescott Nasser
m > To: lucene-net-dev@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: [Lucene.Net] Official stance on API changes between major > versions > > I am not a commiter but my company makes extensive use of Lucene.net. So > here's my two pennies... > > I understand that there is a commendab

RE: [Lucene.Net] Official stance on API changes between major versions

2012-02-24 Thread Prescott Nasser
Im not against breaking compatibility when changing the version number to a new major 2 -> 3. Im not sure how others feel. Matching Java access modifiers seems like the right move. That said, what if we mark obsolete in 3.0.3 and when we make the jump to 4.0 wipe them out? In my head we shouldn